Ludwig grabbed his shrink ray and pointed it directly at Mario's face
"Now, here's how it's gonna go", he said. "You will either give me your pip squeak brother back, or you will also get shrunken!"
Mario looked at his brother and then back at the ray gun that was 3 inches from his face. "I…I…", he said slowly.
"I've gotta do something", said Luigi under his breath.
He looked at his brothers arm and came up with an idea.
"I'm waiting for an answer…", said Ludwig impatiently.
Luigi waited until he knew that Ludwig wasn't looking, and he climbed up Mario's sleeve
"I guess this is a good hiding place", he said softly.
Mario felt something tickling his arm, and looked down to see Luigi not on his hand.
Ludwig caught Mario's eye and looked down where Mario was looking
"W-where is he!", Ludwig yelled angrily.
Mario was now able to see Luigi's plan, and went along with it.
"Oh, I think I saw him jump down and run that way", Mario said, pointing behind Ludwig.
Ludwig turned around swiftly and looked down, and Mario grabbed his tail and started swinging him around.
"AHHH, YOU TRICKED ME!!!", yelled Ludwig.
He tried to shoot Mario with his shrink ray, but managed to miss every shot and hit something else in the room
"SO LONG, LUDWIG!", Mario yelled, throwing him against the wall.
Ludwig hit the wall HARD, and fell to the ground, breaking the shrink ray.
"It looks like you've lost", said Mario, with a smirk.
"I guess I have", said Ludwig, sadly
"I hope that you've learned that you can never outsmart me", Mario said
"LOOK, A PIZZA MAN!!", Ludwig yelled pointing behind Mario.
Mario gasped, and turned around
"Where's the pizza man!!", he yelled, excitedly.
"Mario, it's a trick!", Luigi yelled, protruding his head from his sleeve.
Mario turned back around, and Ludwig was gone.
"DANG IT!", yelled Mario, throwing Luigi across the room.
Luigi landed headfirst into a beaker on a shelf, and got instantly restored back his normal size.
"Good, your back to normal size", said Mario.
"Yeah, I am!", said Luigi, jumping to the ground
"But on the other hand…I JUST LET LUDWIG GET AWAY!!!!", yelled Mario, furiously.
"Calm down, bro!", yelled Luigi.
Mario Sighed. "Yeah, we still are able to use Ludwig's book of potions to make another growth potion, to restore the princess back to her normal size."
Luigi looked into the other room.
"Um…wasn't the book on that table?", he said, pointing into the room.
Mario looked into the room, and to his surprise, the book of potions was gone.
"He took the book with him!", he yelled.
They both ran into the room and put their hands on the table
"I am going to MURDER that kid!", yelled Mario, furiously.
"You can't if we don't know where he is", Luigi commented.
"Actually, I know where he might be", Mario said. "He probably went to his castle in World 7."
"World 7!", Luigi yelled. "That world is dangerous!" "It'll take DAYS to get to his castle!"
"Yeah, It will", Mario replied. "But it'll be worth saving the princess."
Luigi sighed. "Yeah, I guess it will."
Mario smiled. "Well, if your up for it, then….….lets-a-go!"
To Be Continued…
